# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 2)

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 16, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636 "2024-02-16T02:56:30Z")\
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@Leaper started a new thread to discuss this

> [@“Don’t swallow your teeth”: the sin of defining others by what they do for you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-swallow-your-teeth-the-sin-of-defining-others-by-what-they-do-for-you/1024237):
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> Okay, this topic may be too complicated to limit to a poll question, at least for me, so I’m expanding it here. I came across [this thread on Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/captainaddictedtostoriesthings/708249555209191424), and it stuck with me for various reasons. It’s a Twitter thread about the writer becoming emotional at a funeral for someone she didn’t know…but not for the reason you might think. The way the writer describes it, the eulogies were all about how the speakers benefited from this woman. Her husband described his life before he met her. Her pastor an…

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